Following the First Ministers announcements regarding the further changes in COVID easing, it continues to be a requirement fot the use of facemasks in indoor settings other than those with existing exemptions. 

I will continue to follow the cleaning and PPE protocols that have been in use throughout. 

Although no longer a legal requirement to self isolate if you have been in close contact with someone who has tested positive provided you have been double vaccinated and have had a negative PCR test, I would ask you not to attend physio appointments face to face without discussing this with me prior to the appointment. Other than in extreme circumstances I will be asking patients not to attend face to face sessions for ten days post contact, and will offer video or telephone consultations as an alternative in this timescale. 

I continue to lateral flow test twice weekly. 

I continue to aim to keep the community as safe and healthy as possible.